Hinge



Sept. 22, 1925.

R. w; HUBBARD HINGE Filed oct. 15. 19.24 2 sheets-sheet 1 A TTORNEY 5 R. W. HUBBARD sept. 22, 1925.

HINGE Filed Oct. 16. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheei 2 INVENTOR.

` A TTORNEYS Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

jEigentum W. HUBBARD, 0F AsHTABI-ILA, oHIo.

HINGE.

lApplication kfiled 'October 16, 1924. Serial No. 744,071.

T o all whom# may concern.' f

Be it known/that RTCHARD WV; Hrm- BARD,'a citizen of the'United States, res1d ing at Ashtabula. in the county of Ashtabula andl State of Ohio,rhave invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which thefollowing isa specification..

My present invention pertains to hinges and it contemplates the provision of a hinge that is adapted for use in connection with automobile or Vehicle bodies in which it 1s necessary for appearance sake to employ a concealed hin e. a

The invention further contemplates the provision of a hinge that is readily detachable and interchangeable and can therefore l be used with equal facility on the door or the casing of the vehicle.

The inventionfurther contemplates a concealed hinge for vehicle that 1s strong 1n v vconstruction but has the characteristics of i l the plane indicated by the line 2 2y simplicity and cheapness in manufacture, which. is an important consideration as all of the elements of thel hinge, can be made in `reat quantities, as they will be exactly similar in construction when, they come from thedies and machines, and hence rapid assembly is assured.

The invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, in whichf Figure 1 is a front. elevation of my novel hinge as applied, and showing a portion of `the door and casing of a vehicle body.

Figure 2 `is a horizontal section taleivin 0 410.. ure 1 and looking in the direction of tle arrows. Q

Figure- 3 is a similar view taken on the line indicated by line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a sectional view illustrating my novel device with the door swung away from the frame of the vehicle.

Figure 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1 in the direction' ofthe .-arrows.

Figure 6 is a similar line 6-6 of Figure 1.

,Figure 7 is a perspective .view of the elements comprising my invention and shown disconnected from each other.

view takeny on the Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawings.

My novel concealed hinge is illustrated as secured on a portion of a casing 1 and to 'a doorv indicated by 2 and I have designated the hinge as a whole by the numeral 3 and fthe door leaf is shown at 4 while t-he casing leaf is shown at 45, and arrange-d so as to secure'the elements 4.and 5 I provide the connector 6. The door leaf 4 is secured,

to the doory by countersunk fasteners 7 while the leaf 5 is secured to the casing by` the countersunk fasteners 8. The leaf 4 is bent as indicated at. 9 to form the curved member 10 and is provided on its eXtreme end with an ear 11 while'the leaf 5 is provided with the ear 12 Figure 2. l The connector 6 is provided with the ears 18 and 14 and I employ apintle 15 that passes through the ears 13 of the connector 6 and the ears 12 of the leaf 5 whereby the connector and the leaf 5l are secured to each other. The pintle 16 passes through the ears 14 and ears 11 of the connector 6 and leaf 4 whereby said elements are secured to each other.

In the casing 1 and clearly shown in Figure 4 it will be manifest that I-provide a mortise 17 into which the connector 6 and its elements travel during the opening and closing of the door.

Provided over the opening onthe edge of the casing where the mortise is cut, I arrange a cover plate 18 that is fastened to the casing at 19 Figure 6. This cover plate 18 is bulged at 20 whereby the curved portion 10 of the door leaf 4 will be protected. and guided on movement in to and out of the mortise 17, and arranged in the casing'leaf 5 is a longitudinal slot 21 as illustrated in Figure 7.

In'the practical use of the invention, it will be manifest that I may either mortise as clearly shown in .the door or the casing, and if suc-h practice claim and desire to protect by Letters-Patent is f 1. In a concealed hinge, the combination of a leaf having an elongated slot therein, pintle receiving members formed on one end of the leaf;4 said leaf having one of its outer surfaces provided with a tongue that is formed integral with the outer surface thereof, a second leaf arranged adjacent the first leaf, a curved strap formed integral on one end of the second leaf, pintle receiving means arranged on the strap; said pintle receivingmeans being arranged at a point slightly below the upper and lower edges of the strap; a connector having a cut-out surface adapted to seat the pintle means of the strap and having arranged above the cut-out surface pintle receiving means that register with those of the strap and other pintle receiving means adapted to engage and register with the pintle receiving means of the first leaf; said connector being adapted to travel into and out of the slot of leaf.

2. In a concealed hinge the combination of a leaf having a slot therein, pintle receiving members formed on the leaf, a tongue formed integral with the outer surface of the leaf, a second leaf, a strap formed on one end of the second leaf, pintle receiving means arranged on the strap at a point slightly below the upper and lower edges of the strap, a connector having a surface adapted to seat the pintle means of the strap and having` pintle receiving means that register with those of the strap and other pintle receiving means adapted to register with the pintle receiving means of the first leaf; the connector being adapted to trafel in to and out of the slot of the first lea In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. RICHARD W. I-IUBBARD.

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